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Hitting the mother lode: the Apollo system can prove TV spots translate into sales.

Publication: Broadcasting & Cable
Publication Date: 08-NOV-04
Format: Online - approximately 734 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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In a secret, closed-door meeting last week, Procter & Gamble revealed Project Apollo, a code name for what some of the world's biggest advertisers consider the Holy Grail of media and marketing measurement. If it works, it may revolutionize the way advertisers think about TV.

The code name is...

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...a loose acronym for Arbitron's Portable People Meter (PPM), a new research system that simultaneously tracks radio and TV usage.

Here's how it works: Arbitron will equip 70,000 consumers next year with portable meters, a beeper-size device they carry that detects exposure to any medium capable of emitting an audio signal. Those same people would also use a VNU/ACNielsen HomeScan,...

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